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Feb 29, 2024 · Luis Echeverria Alvarez, Mexican politician who was president of Mexico (1970–76). He pursued a leftist agenda, but his administration was plagued by runaway inflation and high unemployment. He later faced genocide charges for two deadly incidents involving protesters, but a court ruled that he could not be tried.
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Luis Echeverría Álvarez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈlwis etʃeβeˈri.a ˈalβaɾes]; 17 January 1922 – 8 July 2022) was a Mexican lawyer, academic, and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th president of Mexico from 1970 to 1976.
- Luis Echeverría Álvarez, 17 January 1922, Mexico City, Mexico
- José López Portillo
- Worked Way Up Through Ruling Party
- At A Glance . . .
- Became Presidential Nominee
- Struggled to Stabilize Economy, Maintain Control
- Sources
Echeverría was born January 17, 1922, in Mexico City, Mexico, to Catalina Álvarez and Rodolfo Echeverría, a cashier. After receiving an education in Mexico City's public schools, Echeverría earned a bachelor's degree in social science from a branch of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1940, and then pursued a law degree there. While s...
Born Luis Echeverría Álvarez on January 17, 1922, in Mexico City, Mexico; married Maria Esther Zuno, 1945; eight children. Education: National Autonomous University of Mexico, BA, social science, 1940; law degree, 1945. Politics:Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Career:Became private secretary for the PRI's president, 1946; taught politic...
In 1969 PRI party members nominated Echeverría for president. By becoming the party's candidate, he was assured a victory, as the party had been in power since 1934. Echeverría faced only token opposition from Efraín Gonzalez Morfín of the right-wing Partido Acción Nacional. Though there was never a chance that Echeverría would lose the election, h...
Once in office Echeverría radiated confidence. He attempted to restore the public's faith in politics and labored to stimulate the economy. In order to pacify the student activists, Echeverría released the remaining prisoners of the 1968 riots but the move did little to gain that faction's trust. Because he was a talkative, opinionated president wh...
Books
Krauze, Enrique, Mexico: Biography of Power,Harp-erCollins Publishers, 1997. Levy, Daniel and Gabriel Székely, Mexico: Paradoxes of Stability and Change,Westview Press, 1983. Meyer, Michael C. and William H. Beezley, eds., The Oxford History of Mexico, Oxford UniversityPress, 2000. Padgett, L. Vincent, The Mexican Political System,Houghton Mifflin Co., 1976. Schmidt, Samuel, The Deterioration of the Mexican Presidency: The Years of Luis Echeverría,University of Arizona Press, 1991.
Periodicals
Newsweek,July 13, 1970, pp. 44-45. New York Times,July 1, 2002, p. A1. Time,July 13, 1970, p. 27; December 6, 1976, pp. 28-31. —Lisa Frick
Luis Echeverría Álvarez (Ciudad de México, 17 de enero de 1922-Cuernavaca, Morelos; 8 de julio de 2022) [2] [3] fue un abogado, diplomático y político mexicano que se desempeñó como presidente de México del 1 de diciembre de 1970 al 30 de noviembre de 1976.
May 4, 2022 · Luis Echeverría Álvarez (1922–presente) es un abogado y político que gobernó México desde 1970 hasta 1976, como miembro del Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Actualmente es el expresidente mexicano vivo más longevo de la historia del país. En enero de 2022 cumplió 100 años de vida.
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Jul 9, 2022 · Associated Press. By Jonathan Kandell. July 9, 2022. Leer en español. Luis Echeverría Alvarez, who steered Mexico on a stormy left-wing course in the 1970s as president and who never...
Jul 9, 2022 · Echeverría, quien gobernó de 1970 a 1976, cumplió 100 años. (AP) Por Alejandro Maciel. Jul. 9, 2022 10:57 AM PT. Nacido el 17 de enero de 1922 en Ciudad de México, el expresidente Luis...
